Post by doodahdiaries on Jan 4, 2008 11:43:44 GMT
I like a person with a fighting spirit.
I don't think the Stones are musically better, I just preferred their music. (Although to be honest their music now bores me, unlike the Bonzos who I have always enjoyed.)
It is true that Jagger and Richards only started writing songs because they saw Lannon and McCartney were doing it. (Well, that is what it says in most of the books I've read in the past.)
Not read much on the Beatles (only Bonzo related things) and was lead by a TV programme in which George Martin spoke as if he was the one with all the ideas. I stand corrected. (Well actually I'm sitting at a desk at work!)
Not sure on your comment on "I Wanna Be Your Man", because I can't remember if the Beatles connection was considered significant at the time. Whilst it is a catchy song, I think it is the production, with a great rhythm section and the vocals turned down so that it makes it sound louder, (if you know what I mean), that made the impact. Certainly for me it was "sound" that captured my imagination at the time.
It was always The Beatles vs The Stones, for the simple reason that in the 60's their popularity was way above every other band. (I'm sure your Mum and Dad will confirm.) On reflection it probably was a media / publicity thing, deliberately created, but it didn't seem like it at the time. There was a radio show on Radio City (pirate) each day, called "5 x 4", which just played their tracks as if in competition, which seemed such a natural thing to do at the time.
It is well known that Neil has always looked up to The Beatles. As did Vivian Stanshall with his friendship with McCartney and Lennon, and Legs Larry Smith with George Harrison.
I read somewhere that they had to keep re-shooting the Jagger scene in "All You Need Is Cash" because he kept saying "Beatles" instead of "Rutles".
There is no doubt the 60's were a great period in which to grow up, but whereas I may not enjoy much modern music, it has to be said that today is a better time to live, with so much music and information readily available through the internet etc., and inventions like the iPOD. The Doo Dah Diaries project would have been impossible back then.
So... anybody else prefer The Rutles to The Beatles?
I don't think the Stones are musically better, I just preferred their music. (Although to be honest their music now bores me, unlike the Bonzos who I have always enjoyed.)
It is true that Jagger and Richards only started writing songs because they saw Lannon and McCartney were doing it. (Well, that is what it says in most of the books I've read in the past.)
Not read much on the Beatles (only Bonzo related things) and was lead by a TV programme in which George Martin spoke as if he was the one with all the ideas. I stand corrected. (Well actually I'm sitting at a desk at work!)
Not sure on your comment on "I Wanna Be Your Man", because I can't remember if the Beatles connection was considered significant at the time. Whilst it is a catchy song, I think it is the production, with a great rhythm section and the vocals turned down so that it makes it sound louder, (if you know what I mean), that made the impact. Certainly for me it was "sound" that captured my imagination at the time.
It was always The Beatles vs The Stones, for the simple reason that in the 60's their popularity was way above every other band. (I'm sure your Mum and Dad will confirm.) On reflection it probably was a media / publicity thing, deliberately created, but it didn't seem like it at the time. There was a radio show on Radio City (pirate) each day, called "5 x 4", which just played their tracks as if in competition, which seemed such a natural thing to do at the time.
It is well known that Neil has always looked up to The Beatles. As did Vivian Stanshall with his friendship with McCartney and Lennon, and Legs Larry Smith with George Harrison.
I read somewhere that they had to keep re-shooting the Jagger scene in "All You Need Is Cash" because he kept saying "Beatles" instead of "Rutles".
There is no doubt the 60's were a great period in which to grow up, but whereas I may not enjoy much modern music, it has to be said that today is a better time to live, with so much music and information readily available through the internet etc., and inventions like the iPOD. The Doo Dah Diaries project would have been impossible back then.
So... anybody else prefer The Rutles to The Beatles?